Does Tableau Software pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Tableau Software employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Tableau Software. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Tableau Software?

70% of Tableau Software employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Tableau Software 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Tableau Software?

Software Engineer (56) , Account Executive (50) , Technical Support Engineer (40) , Sales (33) , Sales Area Manager (33) , Senior Software Engineer (25) , Account Manager (21) , Operations (17) , Enterprise Account Executive (15) , Product Consultant (14) , Sales Manager (14) , Software Engineer(Internship) (13) , Sales Consultant (12) , Manager (11) , Senior Technical Support Engineer (11)

What are the pros of working at Tableau Software according to real employee reviews?

"flexibility and great people to work with" ((in 165 reviews)); "The culture is great and as employee it is easy to feel supported personally and professionally." ((in 158 reviews)); "Great benefits and a fully" ((in 111 reviews)); "The team was great about giving me the support I needed to come up to speed and learn the environment." ((in 34 reviews)); "Challenging work and great colleagues" ((in 27 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Tableau Software according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management from Salesforce acquisition onward" ((in 67 reviews)); "6) Did I mention low pay?" ((in 43 reviews)); "As anywhere, if your direct manager doesn't support you, can be difficult to find purpose." ((in 31 reviews)); "Terribly low salaries and stock options while founders get $200 Million each?" ((in 30 reviews)); "Upper management for some areas is clueless." ((in 13 reviews))

What are employees saying about Tableau Software layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Tableau Software layoffs and their outlook for job security at Tableau Software in 2026.

Tableau Software reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(1,147 total reviews)

Mark Nelson

70% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

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Tableau Software has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,147 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Tableau Software employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

4.0

Sep 11, 2015

Aggressive growth and sights on the prize make Tableau a win

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Great culture, great benefits, company wide excitement to bring an amazing product to the masses. The software itself makes it easy to get behind the Tableau mission. Executive staff is visionary, and looking to push the industry into realms it's never been. With explosive growth comes abundance of career opportunity. There is a push to keep such great talent in Tableau, and a drive to help them meet their career potential.

Cons

With aggressive growth and high expectations comes a heavy work load. Hours can be long, stress intense, and at times a sacrifice to work/life balance. Depending on the team, there can be a trickle down effect of the expectation to sacrifice your time for the company - I believe this is partly due to never really being able to hire people fast enough and fill seats (which is a good/bad situation - as Tableau will not hire just anyone, they are keen to keep hiring top class people).

Tableau Software Response

10y

Thank you for your helpful review! We definitely love that we're able to stay so focused on what we're building while continuing to hire great people. We look forward to helping build out and support our teams for sustainability and provide tools to fulfil that mission.

5.0

Aug 24, 2015

Software Engineer

Software engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Great leadership, perks, and culture

Cons

Growing pains which include cultural shifts from hiring mediocre mid-level managers from other technology companies. There is also an ivory tower issue with development.

5.0

Aug 12, 2015

Lives up to the hype

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

It's hard to talk about Tableau because I sound like an infomercial. It may just be the group I'm in, but this place goes above and beyond to meet the employee needs. I'm challenged, encouraged, work on cool stuff, actually love the product, and find that it's hard to meet a co-worker you wouldn't want to join for drinks. I love it here and feel incredibly lucky to have found this place.

Cons

You work hard here, and there are a lot of company sponsored events. I consider this a pro, but if you really, really hate travel and hanging out with co-workers, you might not.

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